Mark fields and character fields
Mark fields
These are where respondents indicate their answers to categorical and grid questions. Mark fields can be category names or short names that respondents circle or symbols or boxes that they check. In Looks for use with UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Paper/Scan Add-on, mark fields are usually boxes.
Character fields
These are where respondents write their answers to numeric, numeric grid, and open-ended questions, and to Other Specify categories of categorical questions. Character fields can be lines, boxes, spaces, or series of boxes or spaces in which respondents or interviewers write their answers.
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